#17 Terps Host Villanova Monday at 7 p.m.

The No. 17 Maryland Terrapin women’s soccer team hosts Villanova in a Monday evening showdown at Ludwig Field. The match is slated for a 7 p.m. start.

• Did you know ... Maryland is 4-3-1 all-time vs. Villanova? The Terps and Wildcats played to a 0-0 tie at Villanova last season..

Ticket Information

• Season tickets for Maryland women's and men's soccer matches are available online by clicking here. Tickets for 10 women's and 10 men's matches are just $69 for adults and $39 for youth or seniors. A Familty 4Pak is also available for $43.75.

• Tickets for the Maryland-Villanova match are available also online by clicking here. Tickets are $6 for adults and $4 for youth or seniors. Tickets are also available at Ludwig Field one hour prior to kick off.

Game Promotions

• Maryland Women’s Soccer would like to see YOU at Ludwig Field this season! See the Terps game day promotion schedule below. Make sure to check back often as promotion dates and details are subject to change. For more information contact Jordan Looby by phone at (301) 314-7162 or email jlooby@umd.edu.

Monday, August 26 vs. Villanova at 7:00 p.m.Soccer on a School Night – All High School & Middle School teams, with the submission of a roster at least 24 hours prior to the game, will receive free admission!

Friday, August 30 vs. George Mason at 7:00 p.m.Youth Soccer Night -- All youth soccer players will be able to purchase $3 discount tickets if they wear their team’s soccer jersey to the game!

Sunday, September 1 vs. Navy at 7:00 p.m.Pre-Game Clinic -- The Terps will host a pregame skills clinic for soccer players in grades 1-8! The clinic will be $15, which includes a ticket to the game and a Maryland Soccer T-shirt. Space is limited so email Jordan Looby at jlooby@umd.edu to reserve a spot early!

Youth Soccer Night-- All youth soccer players will be able to purchase $3 discount tickets if they wear their team’s soccer jersey to the game!

Military Appreciation Day – Members of the military will receive complimentary admission upon presentation of a military ID and will be recognized at halftime.

Autograph Session -- Fans will be invited to participate in an autograph session with the team after the night’s game!

Parking Information

• General Information: After 4 p.m. on weekdays and on weekends, there is no charge for parking in Lots Z1 or 1b or in Regents Drive Garage. Lots R2 and R3 are limited to vehicles displaying current valid permits for the respective lots at all times. The Stadium Drive Garage is closed on weekends.

Event Multimedia

• Fans will be able to follow all of the action on umterps.com via LiveStats (link will be live at game time).

• Updates will also be posted to the Maryland Women's Soccer Facebook page and Twitter feed, so "Like" and "Follow" to get updates sent straight to you.

Women's Soccer LIVE on TerpsTV

• Up to eight (8) Maryland women's soccer matches will be streamed live on TerpsTV Premium in 2013, beginning with Monday's match vs. Villanova. Fans will be able to watch all of the action from anywhere by subscribing to TerpsTV.

• A subscription to TerpsTV also includes live events for men's soccer, field hockey, volleyball in the fall, as well as weekly football press conferences and live events during the winter and spring seasons.

Scouting The Terps

• Maryland is 1-0-0 after opening the season with a 9-0 win vs. The Citadel on Aug. 23. The Terps are No. 17 in both the NSCAA and Soccer America preseason rankings and are No. 18 in TopDrawerSoccer.com's preseason poll.

• Maryland has played just one exhibition prior to the season opener, defeating Loyola 3-1. The Terps dominated their in-state foes, outshooting the Greyhounds 28-6. Maryland scored the lone goal of the first half in the 31st minute when sophomore Ashley Spivey finished a pass from sophomore Riley Barger. After Loyola tied the score early in the second half, sophomore Maisie McCune got on the end of a corner kick from sophomore Shannon Collins to score the game-winner off a perfect header into the upper left 90 in the 72nd minute. Junior Alex Doody finished a cross from freshman Natasha Ntone-Kouo in the 77th minute to add an insurance goal.

• The Terps opened the season with a 9-0 shutout of The Citadel (recap | stats) on Aug 23. Sophomore Ashley Spivey set career highs with her first career hat trick and seven total points. Freshman Lauren Berman made her collegiate deubt a memorable one with a goal and two assists. Senior Hayley Brock had a goal and an assist, while sophmore Shannon Collins had two assists in the victory, which was Maryland's highest-scoring win since Aug. 22, 2011 when the Terps topped Loyola, 9-0.

Scouting The Wildcats

• Villanova is 0-0-1 so far in 2013 following its 1-1 tie with Radford in the season opener on Aug. 23. The Wildcats are coming off of a 7-9-3 season in 2012, which also saw Nova go 3-4-1 on the road.

• The Wildcats return their second leading scorer from 2012 in junior midfielder/forward Victoria Gersh, who had 10 points on four goals and two assists. Senior midfielder/forward Stephanie Myers also returns after a two-goal, two-assist season in 2012..

• Senior goalkeeper Jami Kranich returns after posting a 0.84 goals-against average in 2012 in the team's final eight games after competing for the U.S. U20 National Team in the U20 Women's World Cup..

Series History vs. Villanova

• Maryland leads the all-time series with the Wildcats 4-3-1.

• Maryland had a short turnaround for a match at Villanova in the team's second game of the 2012 season that ended in a 0-0 tie (recap | stats). Shannon Zickler filled in for Rachelle Beanlands in net for the Terps and made four saves to record her first career shutout.

• Jonathan Morgan enters his second season at the helm of the Maryland women’s soccer program after spending the previous five seasons on the Terrapin sideline as an assistant coach. He is 15-7-2 (.667) as the Terps’ head coach.

Terps In Overtime

• Maryland has played in 97 overtime games in its 26-year history. The Terps’ all-time record in those overtime games is 29-25-43 (.521).

• The Terrapins have played in eight overtime games in the ACC tournament and have a 3-1-4 mark in those games. Maryland won the shootout in three of the four games it tied in the ACC tournament.

Terps Toppling Top 10 Teams

• Maryland has defeated a Top 10 ranked team 21 times in its history. The Terps' most memorable Top 10 victory, 2-1 at No. 2 North Carolina on Oct. 24, tied for he highest ranked opponent ever defeated by Maryland. The Terrapins defeated No. 2 Boston College on Oct. 7 in Chestnut Hill, Mass. Those two victories mark the first time in program history that Maryland has defeated two Top 10 teams in a single month. The Terps then added to that with another 2-1 win over No. 8 Florida State on Oct. 28. The latest Top 10 win for the Terps came on Nov.. 2, 2012 in the ACC semifianls at the WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, N.C., when Maryland defeated No. 6 Wake Forest, 2-0. That marked the Terps' first shutout of a top 10 team since their 1-0 win at No. 10 Tennessee in the 2006 season opener.Earlier this season, the Terps topped No. 6 North Carolina on Sept. 13, 2012 to become the first team in history to defeat the Tar Heels three straight times in three consecutive seasons. Here's a list of all of the Terps' Top 10 wins:

Date

Opponent

Score

Nov. 2, 2012

vs. #6 Wake Forest

2-0

Sept. 27, 2012

#3 Virginia

3-1

Sept. 13, 2012

#6 North Carolina

2-1

Oct. 27, 2011

#8 North Carolina

2-1 OT

Oct. 28, 2010

#8 Florida State

2-1

Oct. 24, 2010

at #2 North Carolina

2-1

Oct. 7, 2010

at #2 Boston College

2-1

Oct. 8, 2009

#6 Virginia Tech

3-1

Aug. 25, 2006

at #10 Tennessee

1-0

Nov. 14, 2004

at #5 Penn State

1-0

Oct. 23, 2004

#10 Duke

1-0 OT

Sept. 12, 2004

vs. #3 UCLA

2-1

Oct. 13, 2001

#8 Clemson

1-0 OT

Aug. 29, 2000

#4 Penn State

3-1

Oct. 17, 1999

#9 Clemson

2-1 OT

Sept. 19, 1999

at #9 Duke

4-3 OT

Sept. 18, 1998

#9 Duke

3-1

Nov. 7, 1997

vs. #8 Duke

2-1

Oct. 12, 1997

#9 Clemson

2-0

Oct. 1, 1995

#7 Duke

2-1

Oct. 8, 1993

#8 William & Mary

2-1

Non-Conference Success

• Dating back to its 10-0 win over Mount St. Mary's in 2008, Maryland has lost only four times in its last 41 matches vs. non-ACC opponents. The Terps have outscored its non-conference opposition 121-21 in those 41 matches.

• The Terps recorded 20 straight wins over non-ACC foes before tying Georgetown, 1-1, in second round of the NCAA tournament in 2010. Maryland is now 33-4-4 in its last 41 non-conference games. The Terps had been unbeaten in 31-straight non-conference games prior to losing, 1-0, at Oklahoma State in the Sweet 16 of the 2011 NCAA tournament. So far this season Maryland topped The Citadel, 9-0, in the season opener.

123 And Counting At Ludwig Field

• The Terps won their 100th match at Ludwig Field with a 6-0 victory over Iona on Aug. 20, 2010. Since its opening in 1995, Ludwig Field has proved to be a tremendous home-field advantage for the Terps women’s soccer team. All-time Maryland is 123-50-21 (.693) at Ludwig Field.

• Through the seasons, the Terps have had a knack for shutting teams out at Ludwig Field. Maryland has won 77 of its 123 victories (62.6%) at Ludwig Field via shutout. Add in the 12 0-0 ties the Terps have had at Ludwig Field and it totals 89 times that Maryland has shutout its opponent in 194 games (45.9%).